We’ve been covering Windows 7 since it was first rumored and today Microsoft announced that it has released it to manufacturing. If you’re not sure what that means, read our article on it. The short answer, though, is that your release candidate that you’ve been running will start rebooting every two hours on March 1, 2010 so if you like Windows 7, you have until March 1st to either pre-order, or purchase outright after October 22nd, the official version of Windows 7…

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Geek Thoughts

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This Week on Geek

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Geek.com Web Picks

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Don’t Forget About This

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Geek Thoughts — Windows 7 on Schedule for October 22nd

We’ve been covering Windows 7 since it was first rumored and today Microsoft announced that it has released it to manufacturing. If you’re not sure what that means, read our article on it. The short answer, though, is that your release candidate that you’ve been running will start rebooting every two hours on March 1, 2010 so if you like Windows 7, you have until March 1st to either pre-order, or purchase outright after October 22nd, the official version of Windows 7.If you haven’t yet downloaded Windows 7 (Release Candidate) you still can at Microsoft.com, though this will end August 20, 2009.

So, is Windows 7 worth it? It depends on who you ask but I have nothing but positive things to say about it. It’s much more solid than Vista, has better memory management, and is just a cleaner, more pleasant experience, IMO. As for upgrading to Windows 7, that might be a bit more of a battle and since Microsoft has yet to offer a chance for anyone to try to upgrade (Windows 7 RC required a new install) only time will tell how that experience will work.

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Don’t Forget About This

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